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Title
Not Apt to Drag Feet
Description
American forces dropped from the skies on June 6th were finally consolidating and receiving reinforcements and supplies. Commander of 7th Corps, General “Lightning Joe” Collins, came ashore to plant his flag on French soil. Stopping at a tank park, he told Lt. Col. Hupfer, CO of the 746th …
Publisher
Date
1944-06-07
Scenario#
AP030
Scenario Description
American forces dropped from the skies on June 6th were finally consolidating and receiving reinforcements and supplies. Commander of 7th Corps, General “Lightning Joe” Collins, came ashore to plant his flag on French soil. Stopping at a tank park, he told Lt. Col. Hupfer, CO of the 746th Tank Battalion, to get up and help the 82nd Airborne which might be in trouble. Hupfer, not apt to drag his feet after speaking to a corps commander, charged straight on into Ste. Mere-Eglise. As the tanks approached a hill on the road, they were taken under fire by the mobile anti-tank battalion from the 709th Infantry Division.
Location
Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France
Battle Narrative
The U.S. airborne landings in Normandy were the first U.S. combat operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions made night parachute drops early on D-Day, June 6, followed by 3,937 glider troops flown in by day. As the opening maneuver of Operation Neptune the two American airborne divisions were delivered to the continent in two parachute and six glider missions.
Combatants
American
German
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
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